Chords: Ab5 , Eb5 , C#5 I usually play with a capo on the first fret. If you decide to play that way the chord forms that should be played are G5 for Ab5 , D5 for Eb5 , and C5 for C#. Verse: Ab5 C#5 Ab5 I was standing by the window, on one cold and cloudy day Eb5 Ab5 and I saw the hearse come rolling for to carry my mother away. Biss: Ab5 C#5 Ab5 Can the circle be unbroken? By and by Lord, by and by. Eb5 Ab5 There's a better home awaiting in the sky lord in the sky. Verse: Ab5 C#5 Ab5 Lord, I told the undertaker, undertaker please drive slow. Eb5 Ab5 For this body you are hauling lord I hate to see her go. Biss: Ab5 C#5 Ab5 Can the circle be unbroken? By and by, Lord by and by. Eb5 Ab5 There's a better home awaiting in the sky lord in the sky. Verse: Ab5 C#5 Ab5 I followed close behind her, tried to hold up and be brave. Eb5 Ab5 But I could not hide my sorrow as they laid her in the grave. Biss: Ab5 C#5 Ab5 Can the circle be unbroken? By and by lord by and by. Eb5 Ab5 There's a better home awaiting in the sky lord in the sky. Verse: Ab5 C#5 I went back home, Lord. My home was lonesome. Yes my mother she was Ab5 gone. Eb5 Ab5 All my brothers and sisters crying for our home so sad and alone. Biss: Ab5 C#5 Ab5 Can the circle be unbroken? By and by, Lord by and by. Eb5 Ab5 There's a better home awaiting in the sky, Lord in the sky.